Season Impact
This is a table of the storms in 2008 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are indirect; an example of such would be a traffic accident, but still storm-related. Damage and death totals include times when the storm was an extratropical storm or precursor wave.
| TD | TS | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category
at peak intensity |
Max wind (mph) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Landfall(s) | Damage (millions USD) |
Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | When | Wind
(mph) |
||||||||
| Alma | May 29 – May 30 | Tropical storm | 65 | 994 | León, Nicaragua | May 29 | 65 | 33 | 2 (7) | |
| Boris | June 27 – July 4 | Category 1 hurricane | 80 | 985 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Cristina | June 27 – June 30 | Tropical storm | 50 | 999 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Douglas | July 1 – July 4 | Tropical storm | 40 | 1003 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Five-E | July 5 – July 7 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1005 | Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico | July 7 | 35 | 2.2 | 1 (1) | |
| Elida | July 11 – July 19 | Category 2 hurricane | 105 | 970 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Fausto | July 16 – July 22 | Category 1 hurricane | 90 | 977 | none | Minimal | 0 | |||
| Genevieve | July 21 – July 27 | Category 1 hurricane | 75 | 987 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Hernan | August 6 – August 12 | Category 3 hurricane | 120 | 956 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Kika | August 7 – August 16 | Tropical storm | 40 | 1007 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Iselle | August 13 – August 16 | Tropical storm | 50 | 999 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Julio | August 23 – August 26 | Tropical storm | 50 | 998 | La Paz, Mexico | August 25 | 45 | 1 | 1 | |
| Karina | September 2– September 3 | Tropical storm | 40 | 1000 | Socorro Island (Direct hit, no landfall) | September 2 | 40 | none | 0 | |
| Lowell | September 6– September 11 | Tropical storm | 50 | 998 | Socorro Island | September 8 | 50 | 15.5 | 6 | |
| Cabo San Lucas, Mexico | September 11 | 35 | ||||||||
| Marie | October 1 – October 6 | Category 1 hurricane | 80 | 984 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Norbert | October 4 – October 12 | Category 4 hurricane | 130 | 945 | Puerto Charley, Mexico | October 11 | 105 | 716.4 | 5 | |
| Southern Sonora | October 12 | 85 | ||||||||
| Odile | October 8 – October 12 | Tropical storm | 60 | 997 | Guerrero, Mexico (Direct hit, no landfall) | October 11 | 60 | Unknown | 0 | |
| Seventeen-E | October 23 – October 24 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1008 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Polo | November 2 – November 5 | Tropical storm | 45 | 1003 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 19 cyclones | May 29 – November 5 | 135 | 945 | 7 landfalls | 767.1 | 15 (8) | ||||
Read more about this topic: Tropical Storm Kika
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